Rebecca Hutten, BA Hons, MA (Cantab), MA (Bradford), Research Fellow and Project Manager, IQuESTS'
Mental Health Group, Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
UKTel: +44 (0) 114 222 6388
Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0547
email : r.hutten@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
My initial training was as a social anthropologist, and social policy scientist. I began my career working in the voluntary sector, before joining the Government Social Research service, designing and managing large-scale policy evaluations in the fields of social security, welfare and employment, mainly at the Department for Work and Pensions. I have worked in Europe and in developing countries, and joined the University of Sheffield in 2007 to work on the NIHR funded evaluation of the ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) service delivery programme. Currently, I work as Research Fellow and Project Manager for the CLAHRC- South Yorkshire Depression Theme (Improving Quality and Effectiveness of Services, Therapies and Self-Management for longer term depression). I am also a tutor and supervisor on the Masters in Public Health and MSc in Psychotherapy Studies programmes.
Research Interests
I am completing a PhD looking at ‘professional identity and practice in the new psychotherapy workforce’ from a psycho-social perspective.
Teaching Interests
• Psycho-social studies applied to healthcare settings
• Policy and practice evaluation and research
• Qualitative research and review methods
• Sociology of the professions
• Organizational ethnography
Professional activities
Recent consultancy projects include:
British Library, National Life Stories, Scoping Study for an Oral History of The Talking Therapies in the UK (2010-11);
Peninsular Medical School ‘South West Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Evaluation Study’ 2010-11).
Current projects
• Project Manager, Improving Quality and Effectiveness of Services, Therapies and Self-management of long-term depression (IQuESTS), the mental health theme of CLAHRC South Yorkshire’s work programme, £308,519
• Co-investigator, Evaluating Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for Children and Young People, NIHR, £300,000
• Doctoral research on ‘professional identity and practice in the new psychotherapy workforce,’ staff candidate.
Key publications
1. Parry, G., Barkham, M., Brazier, J., Dent-Brown, K., Hardy, G., Kendrick, T., Rick, J., Chambers, E., Chan, T., Connell, J., Hutten, R., de Lusignan, S., Mukuria, C., Saxon, D., Bower, P. and Lovell, K. An evaluation of a new service model Improving Access to Psychological Therapies. Final report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme; 2010.
2. Rick J., Hutten R., Chambers E., Connell J., Hardy G., and Parry G. Implementing IAPT: lessons from the demonstration sites. Interim Report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield; 2010.